Hunting the MCRN fleet | Draconis Expanse | Space Engineers

An inside look on how to hunt MCRN NPCs on the Draconis Expanse Server.
Taken for Draconis Expanse server. Based on the popular show "The Expanse" featuring PDC-Torp-Railgun based combat, a scale Sol system, the ring space, and Epstein drives.
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[@pr0hobo]

please keep making videos on this server. i need more expanse now with the show over.

[@alphamatte4259]

Thats the plan! Soon(tm) some ring gates will open to new worlds and there will be a ton of content coming out around those.

[@Milsar774]

Man started today and I already got a space station running and a mining ship underway, really pumps me up to get to this point where the actual fun begins !

[@alphamatte4259]

Welcome!

[@chaoticserenityart]

This is fantastic to see. Gives me motivation to keep building. I just started on the server and it's more like Star Citizen then Space Engineers. And I love it 🫶🏻🫡

[@alphamatte4259]

Hell yeah! Its been super fun playing.

[@stuartfosse957]

I take it people shouldn't use torps because of the cost and that there would be nothing left to salvage?

[@alphamatte4259]

Exactly. Railguns are the best way to not completely destroy your target. The objective here is to scrap not vaporize.

[@DeepBlue10055]

Nice work as always!

[@alphamatte4259]

Thank you beratna

[@matrixmeme482]

So glad they changed this

[@Yaivenov]

Navy VBSS comes to the Expanse: Visit, Board, Search, Scrap. XD

[@alphamatte4259]

Sounds like the right plan lmao

[@christphuc]

Awesome tips!

[@alphamatte4259]

Happy to help beratna

[@Cloakdasasin0]

Great guide can you make a similar guide for pirate hunting with no tech? Or at least less tech, not everyone has access to turreted rails.

[@alphamatte4259]

I will see what I can do

[@dannydayne5024]

Could you make a guide video on the best way to get Upgraded belter components. The ships are easy to take out but by the time thats the case most of it is blown up and drifting too quickly to get much off of it and the stations seem to spawn rarely.

[@matthewjohns2990]

awesome vid j,ust a random question are u using Aryx-Lynxon Drive Systems mod and if so where from cause I used to use it on steam but now its got this horrible cloud/rocket trail effect

[@alphamatte4259]

Yup the server uses the Aryx-Lynxon drives BUT they have a special server side plugin that completely revamps the visuals. So the drives on server look way better than in single player.

[@pawestojanowski2515]

It would be nice to know, how do you get more beginner components, such as improved belter components, so you can have that turreted railgun.

[@alphamatte4259]

Those are fairly easy to get. Just hunt pirates around Jupiter.

[@darkturtle9996]

would it be a good idea to just us a mag plate or landing gear to tow the entire ship or would that be a waste?

[@alphamatte4259]

If you need the materials/comps then yeah go for it - the most valuable part of the ship is the weapons though.

[@ectosmankevin]

Great job but how'd you get the hud Like that?

[@alphamatte4259]

Using the plugin loader! This is called the colorful and detailed HUD iirc

[@dannydayne5024]

I can't disable the Corvette in time because another patrol ends up spawning. What am I doing wrong. I'm not traveling that far but i'm keeping my distance as not to get into PDC range. Any advice?

[@alphamatte4259]

Stay within 30km of the spawn site and kite the corvette. You have 15min to disable it and scrap it before another one will spawn. If you leave that 30km radius another one can spawn.

[@youareyeet7103]

Rp question: can we in the sever do mercenaries work for player and npc

[@alphamatte4259]

Yup!

[@nateweeks6445]

I used your link to the mod list and it gave me an error

[@alphamatte4259]

Here you go! steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2873831788

[@nateweeks6445]

@@alphamatte4259 thank you

[@alphamatte4259]

@@nateweeks6445 Happy to help beratna

[@nateweeks6445]

what mods are you using

[@alphamatte4259]

This video is shot live on the Expanse Server. Here’s the mod list for the server. Be aware - Some things will only work on the server. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2873831788

[@darkturtle9996]

@@alphamatte4259 Have you considered using deadly acceleration or thruster physics and differential throttling? G-forces are a pretty major element of ship combat in the show and the thruster physics could make ships be able to turn with RCS thrusters like in the show instead of gyroscopes.

[@alphamatte4259]

@@darkturtle9996 Since this is a live server every mod has to undergo performance testing before its added. Most additional physics plugins, while great for singleplayer, are horrible to have running on a server with 40+ people on it.

[@darkturtle9996]

@@alphamatte4259 oh ok

[@MrBlackdragon1230]

I would assume the npc's are server exclusive since I've never seen them on the workshop.